Roberson Wins Pole Vault at Conference USA Championships

Thursday, May 15

Charlotte, N.C.

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University of Louisville

at Conference USA Outdoor Championships

Cindy Roberson captured her second conference pole vault title of the season

Roberson Wins Pole Vault at Conference USA Championships

May 17, 2003 | Women's Track and Field

May 17, 2003

Results

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Senior Cindy Roberson captured her second conference pole vault title of the season and sophomore Kelley Bowman qualified for the NCAA Mid-East Regionals in the high jump to lead the University of Louisville women's track and field team to an eighth-place finish at the Conference USA Championships in Charlotte, N.C.

South Florida finished with 147 points to win its first C-USA track and field championship. Houston placed second with 138.50 points, followed by TCU (89), Marquette (75) and Cincinnati (66). Louisville finished with 45 points in the 13-team competition.

Roberson cleared 12 feet to win the title, equaling her first-place finish from the 2003 C-USA Indoor Championships earlier this year. Sophomore Jacey Hughes placed fourth for the Cardinals with a height of 11-6.25.

In the high jump, Bowman qualified for the regional meet after clearing 5-7 to finish runner-up in the event. Bowman becomes the fourth Cardinal to qualify for regionals, joining junior Mindy Helman (high jump), Hughes and Roberson (both pole vault).

Senior Brittany Hedgepeth also had a runner-up finish after jumping 19-0.75 in the long jump. It marked just the sixth time a U of L woman has jumped 19 feet and the fourth time by Hedgepeth.

Junior Kelly Faber and Helman turned in two of the top four scores in school history in the heptathlon. Faber finished sixth with 4674 points, the second highest total ever at U of L. Helman was eighth with 4599 points, fourth best by a Cardinal.

Freshman Katie Wilson matched her personal-best throw in the javelin with a fourth-place mark of 133-5. Freshman Emily Kost scored in a pair of events, finishing seventh in the hammer throw (157-1) and eighth in the discus (133-11).

In the 3000-meter steeplechase, juniors Beth Wendt and Laine Hamman each ran personal-best times. Wendt finished in 11:32.03 to place 10th, while Hamman came in at 11:52.34 to place 13th.

CONFERENCE USA CHAMPIONSHIPS

LOUISVILLE FINISHERS
100m Preliminaries    12. Alanna Mestelle     12.12200m Preliminaries    26. Dartavia Jackson   26.271500m Preliminaries    14. Corryn McCrae     4:51.32100m Hurdles Preliminaries    10. Kelly Faber         14.70400m Hurdles Preliminaries    10. Stefanie Wooten     1:05.52    15. Kelly Faber         1:07.66    22. Carrie Besser     1:24.193000m Steeplechase    10. Beth Wendt       11:32.03    13. Laine Hamman       11:52.345000m    12. Amanda Bell         18:06.83    22. Emily Daunhauer     19:16.7110,000m    19. Ashley Ruberg     42:19.46Relays    7.  4x100               47.27    9.  4x400               3:54.38High Jump    2.  Kelley Bowman     1.70m/5-7    16. Mindy Helman       1.60m/5-3Pole Vault    1.  Cindy Roberson   3.66m/12-0    4.  Jacey Hughes       3.51m/11-6.25    t-9.    Jennifer Hartig     3.21m/10-6.25Long Jump    2.  Brittany Hedgepeth   5.81m/19-0.75    t-17.   Ify Akubeze         5.22m/17-1.50    20. Lissette Shannon   5.10m/16-8.75    22. Kelly Faber         5.05m/16-7Triple Jump    14. Ify Akubeze         11.01m/36-1.50Shot Put    14. Emily Kost       11.24m/36-10.50Discus    8.  Emily Kost       40.82m/133-11Javelin    4.  Katie Wilson       40.67m/133-5Hammer Throw    7.  Emily Kost       47.87m/157-1Heptathlon    6.  Kelly Faber         4674 points    8.  Mindy Helman       4599 points